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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2021; 20(03): 319-321
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_82_20
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Incidental lung findings in a COVID-19 patient on 18F-FDG PET/CT done for preoperative evaluation of Marjolin's ulcer-first report from Chhattisgarh

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  • Mudalsha Ravina

    Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

  • Tridip Dutta Baruah

    1   Department of General Surgery and Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

  • Tinu Lukose

    Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

  • Ranganath T. Ganga

    2   Department of Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

  • Amal Moideen

    3   Post Graduate Student at AIIMS Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Abstract

The aim of this case is to illustrate the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography findings of a patient who was admitted in AIIMS, Raipur, for the preoperative evaluation of Marjolin ulcer and was later diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. Apart from the primary lesion in the right foot and pelvic lymph nodes, the scan revealed mild FDG-avid basal ground-glass opacities in bilateral lung fields with mediastinal and hilar lymph nodal involvement, in an otherwise asymptomatic patient.

Keywords

Asymptomatic - coronavirus - COVID-19 - fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography - ground-glass opacification - mediastinal lymph nodes

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Publication History

Received: 14 June 2020

Accepted: 23 August 2020

Article published online:
24 March 2022

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